Molding-board.



No. 820,726. PATENTED MAY 15, 1906. J. S. MCQUINN. MOLDING BOARD.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 7, 1905.

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UNITED STATES JAMES S. MGQUINN, OF NEWCASTLE, INDIANA.

MOLDING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 15, 1906.

Application filed August '7, 1905. Serial No. 273,074.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. MCQUINN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newcastle, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Molding-Boards; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to molding-boards, and more particularly to thatclass adapted to be used in connection with kitchen-cabinets; and itsobject is to provide amolding board of novel construction which will notwarp and which can be made of any desired size and is extremely durable.

A further object is to provide a covering for said board wherebymoisture will be kept therefrom.

A still further object is to provide means for reinforcing said stripson their under side.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of amolding-board formed of a plurality of strips joined together and eachhaving longitudinally-extending grooves in its lower face. The entireboard is covered with metal and has edge strips connected thereto, thewhole board being so formed and assembled as to prevent warping.

The invention also consists of certain other novel features ofconstruction and combination of parts which will be more fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of myinvention. In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acabinet, showing the molding-board extended. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical longitudinal section through the board, and Fig. 3 is a bottomplan View of the board removed from the cabinet.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a cabinet of anysuitable form which is provided with a ledge 9, formed upon the front ofthe casing at a suit-able distance from the bottom thereof, andsupported upon this ledge is a molding-board which is adapted to be slidback into the casing or outward therefrom. The molding-board is formedof a plurality of wooden strips 10, having tongues 11 and grooves 12,formed at opposite edges, which are adapted when the strips areassembled to interlock, so as to form a practically continuous board.Each of the strips 10 has grooves 13 cut longitudinally within the lowerface thereof and extending throughout their entire length, and all ofthe strips are covered with a metallic covering 14, which overlaps theedges of the board and is secured thereto by means of fastening devices15, which extend through edge strips 16, located upon the edges of theboard and are of the same relative depth as the strips 10 and dependingportions of the covering. Re

inforcing-strips 17 are also fastened to the bottom of the board nearthe sides thereof and extend transversely across the grooves 13.

By forming a board in this manner the same will not warp, as the groovesin the bottom surface of the board permit the wood adjacent thereto toexpand and contract without affecting the upper surface of the board.The edge strips 16 also materially assist in preventing warping, as doesthe metallic covering 14, which serves to prevent moisture from enteringthe board through the upper surface thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A molding-board comprising a plurality of strips having tongues andgrooves whereby said strips may interlock and each strip having groovesin its lower face, a metallic covering upon the upper faces of thestrips and having depending portions at each end and side of the strips,edge strips overlapping the metallic depending portions of the coveringand secured to the edges of the board, and reinforcing-strips secured tothe lower faces of the grooved strips and transversely to said grooves.

2. A molding-board comprising a plurality of strips having tongues andgrooves adapted to interlock with each other and each strip havinggrooves in its lower face and longitudinally disposed throughout itslength, a metallic covering upon the upper faces of said strips andoverlapping each edge thereof, edge strips engaging the overlappedportions of said covering of the same relative height as said board andsecured to the edges thereof, and reinforcing-strips secured to thelower faces of the grooved strips.

In testimony whereof I-have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

7 JAMES S. MGQUINN.

Witnesses:

D. W. KINSEY, JOHN R. MENLEAN.

